A little girl's laughter fades again
Her innocence has been
Stolen

I hear she's kept by evil men
Who mistake children for victims
Sold to corruption by the condemned
When will You come to rescue them?

Listen listen for the distant sound ( Read more... )

What has been so important that it has kept me from daily communion with my dearest Friend, my truest Love, my only God? If I answered the question, it would only prove that I've been deceived because nothing is so important that it should keep me from the One who deserves me. Even the greatest good becomes the worst evil the moment it steals my ( Read more... )

I can only imagine the immensity and intensity of the breaking of God's heart over injustice. All I have heard are distant echoes. All I have known is that I am so prone to complacency, but when He takes hold of my heart I am moved and broken to the core ( Read more... )

Lord Jesus ( Read more... )

"I am poor and needy;
come quickly to me, O God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
O LORD, do not delay."
Psalm 70:5

I was preparing a lesson on the goodness of God for my small group when I came across this passage ( Read more... )

If only we could behold beauty unveiled...one day we will as we gaze upon the face of our Lord Jesus Christ! For now, let us glimpse His majesty in the temples of the saints as He inhabits our hearts. He will cause our faces to shine and our lives to be radiant as we behold Him and are transformed from glory to glory into the same image! We are the ( Read more... )

You know the feeling of being the first one to catch a red light after the countless cars in front of you have made it through? (When you're already late for school?) Or being the last kid the captain picks for his team? Or racing to the theater where your favorite movie is about to show, only to find all of the good seats taken? You get the idea ( Read more... )

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted an entry on here!

I turned 20 on April 23rd and I've been meaning to write all about my birthday celebrations before I forget the details! So here it goes:

Friday, April 18th: Katie had me dress up and picked me up at 6. She took me to a little Italian restaurant in Fremont, where I was surprised by ( Read more... )

Lord, may I rest in You...I don't want to be worried about the future or the past. I just want to rest in You in the present. Why is it so easy to believe in myself and so hard to believe in You? More than believing in You, I want to believe You. You've said that You've love me as the Father loves You...do I believe You? I want to say yes, but ( Read more... )